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Upskilling Canada’s workers and ensuring a resilient workforce: Q&A with Noel Baldwin at the Future Skills Centre
In a Q&A interview, Baldwin talked with Research Money’s managing editor Mark Lowey about: how Canadian workers can keep upskilling in the face of automation and rapid technological change; how young people can gain the right skills in finding employment; the value of formal and information education and work-integrated learning; how government can help workers who need transition in their careers; Canada’s labour market strengths; and the aim of FSC’s recently launched Resilient Workforce Working Table.
Podcast
Investing Skills to Improve Profitability and Sustainability
In this episode of The Finance Cafe Podcast, host Shannon Pestun welcomes Laura McDonough, Associate Director of Insights & Knowledge Mobilization at the Future Skills Centre. Laura leads national research and knowledge-sharing efforts that help shape evidence-informed policy and practice across Canada’s skills ecosystem. With a background in research and evaluation at United Way Greater Toronto and a deep commitment to making data accessible and actionable, Laura brings a unique lens that bridges research, lived experience, and real-world workforce development.
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AI can’t solve Canada’s productivity crisis if businesses won’t invest
Investing properly in the tools and training that workers need, while also embracing AI, could give the country a major productivity boost, experts say.
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In the Media
Upskilling Canada’s workers and ensuring a resilient workforce: Q&A with Noel Baldwin at the Future Skills Centre
In a Q&A interview, Baldwin talked with Research Money’s managing editor Mark Lowey about: how Canadian workers can keep upskilling in the face of automation and rapid technological change; how young people can gain the right skills in finding employment; the value of formal and information education and work-integrated learning; how government can help workers who need transition in their careers; Canada’s labour market strengths; and the aim of FSC’s recently launched Resilient Workforce Working Table.
Podcast
Investing Skills to Improve Profitability and Sustainability
In this episode of The Finance Cafe Podcast, host Shannon Pestun welcomes Laura McDonough, Associate Director of Insights & Knowledge Mobilization at the Future Skills Centre. Laura leads national research and knowledge-sharing efforts that help shape evidence-informed policy and practice across Canada’s skills ecosystem. With a background in research and evaluation at United Way Greater Toronto and a deep commitment to making data accessible and actionable, Laura brings a unique lens that bridges research, lived experience, and real-world workforce development.
In the Media
AI can’t solve Canada’s productivity crisis if businesses won’t invest
Investing properly in the tools and training that workers need, while also embracing AI, could give the country a major productivity boost, experts say.
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Unable to find a summer job, N.B. teen creates job board for students like him
When Fredericton High School student Matthew Jeon wanted to start saving money for university, he started applying for summer jobs.
But his search was unsuccessful for two summers in a row. Along the way, he noticed many applications were more geared toward college or university students.
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What one factory closure tells us about building resilient communities
International lessons show that localized skills training, community-led planning and tailored supports can help workers adapt without leaving the communities they call home.
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Effective nation-building starts with the people and places where it happens
Strategic place-based industrial planning that attracts new investment and aligns workforce development with regional economic diversification can help spur community renewal.
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New funding call to advance policy-relevant labour market research using PIAAC data in Canada
The Future Skills Centre (FSC) is inviting Canadian researchers and research organizations to apply for funding through a new open call for proposals that will tap into the potential of the OECD’s Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) dataset.
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Federal budget: a stimulus for youth employment?
FSC Executive Director, Noel Baldwin quoted on Radio Canada article
Last summer, tens of thousands lined up and sent dozens of copies of their resumes to potential employers. Will the Canadian government be able to uphold the ideals of young, unemployed Canadians with its new budget?
Podcast
CBC The House Podcast: Will AI make or break Canada?
FSC Executive Director, Noel Baldwin participates in The House podcast.
The Carney government is charging ahead with AI development in an effort to supercharge the Canadian economy and make Canada a global powerhouse — but experts warn that if handled poorly, the technology could be disastrous. Host Catherine Cullen takes a deep dive this week on The House and visits an inventor in Montreal leveraging AI to make a big leap in health care.
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More Canadians to benefit from skills development through expansion of promising solutions by Future Skills Centre
FSC is pleased to announce a new investment of $14.3 million to expand more than a dozen innovative approaches to skills development addressing the urgent need to ensure Canada’s workforce is resilient and prepared for the future.
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Future Skills Centre tackles ongoing skills shortage by investing in programs helping thousands land in-demand jobs for today and tomorrow
Toronto, May 12, 2022 —The Future Skills Centre (FSC) takes on the growing skilled labour shortage and widening skills-to-jobs mismatch by announcing today a $19M…
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FSC establishes $20 million partnership with CPMT to support workforce development in Quebec
Toronto, February 18, 2022 – Skills development in Quebec received a large injection of support to help Quebecers face a changing labour market and prepare…
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In the Media
Upskilling Canada’s workers and ensuring a resilient workforce: Q&A with Noel Baldwin at the Future Skills Centre
In a Q&A interview, Baldwin talked with Research Money’s managing editor Mark Lowey about: how Canadian workers can keep upskilling in the face of automation and rapid technological change; how young people can gain the right skills in finding employment; the value of formal and information education and work-integrated learning; how government can help workers who need transition in their careers; Canada’s labour market strengths; and the aim of FSC’s recently launched Resilient Workforce Working Table.
Podcast
Investing Skills to Improve Profitability and Sustainability
In this episode of The Finance Cafe Podcast, host Shannon Pestun welcomes Laura McDonough, Associate Director of Insights & Knowledge Mobilization at the Future Skills Centre. Laura leads national research and knowledge-sharing efforts that help shape evidence-informed policy and practice across Canada’s skills ecosystem. With a background in research and evaluation at United Way Greater Toronto and a deep commitment to making data accessible and actionable, Laura brings a unique lens that bridges research, lived experience, and real-world workforce development.
In the Media
AI can’t solve Canada’s productivity crisis if businesses won’t invest
Investing properly in the tools and training that workers need, while also embracing AI, could give the country a major productivity boost, experts say.